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Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1911

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Railway Carriage Etiquette

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 25 February 1911 · page 6

The etiquette of the railway carriage is a matter in which the British tourist might with advantage be guided to a better understanding of his obligations.—…

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For Railway Passes

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 25 February 1911 · page 6

Members of the Local Government Association, who had business with ,the Minister for Works on Wednesday, made a request that country delegates travelling to the annual conference of…

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Smash Up an Aeroplane

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 28 February 1911 · page 4

M. Loridan, while competing for the Paris-Brussels aeronautical prize, landed in a field near Rheims. He left his machine unguarded while he went to lunch, and when he returned…

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Cycling and Motoring Notes. From the Dunlop Rubber Company

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 28 February 1911 · page 4

It will surprise most of our readers to learn what inroads the motor car is making into horse traffic in London. Five years ago there…

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North American Railway Smash. Halifax (Nova Scotia), Feb. 25

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 28 February 1911 · page 4

A train was wrecked yesterday near the village of New Germany, on the river La Have. The cars caught fire, and one man was burnt to death. Another man was…

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How Stock Travel . on State Railways. Coolamon to Dunedoo in Eight Days

The Burrangong Argus · Wednesday 1 March 1911 · page 2

MR, G.J. Smith, who returned last week to his Pine Ridge Property from Coolamon, gives an account of the way in which the Railway Department assisted…

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Forbes- Stockinbingal Railway

The Burrangong Argus · Wednesday 1 March 1911 · page 2

A WELL-ATTENDED meeting of the committee of the Forbes Railway League was held in the council chambers on Tuesday evening the Mayor (Al[?] jas Edwards)…

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The Hydro-aeroplane. San Francisco, Feb. 28

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 2 March 1911 · page 4

Mr. Glen Curtiss, the well-known airman, aboard his new aeroplane, flow six miles over San Diego Bay yesterday. He arose from the water and alighted on the land, and then rose from the…

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Countess and Son. Killed by Train. Car in Fragments

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 3 March 1911 · page 4

The Comtesse Antoine do Nicolai and her son, Comte Christian de Nicolai, with the driver of their motor-car, were killed in a terrible level-crossing…

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Purchasing a Motor Car

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 4 March 1911 · page 2

Last week we drew attention to the error there is in thinking a rough and cheap car is suitable for heavy country roads, and as a furtherance of our opinion we mention the…

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Shed Accommodation. at Crookwell Railway Station

Crookwell Gazette · Tuesday 7 March 1911 · page 2

A largely-attended meeting of potato-growers and others interested was held at the sample rooms of the Commercial Hotel in the old mill at the rear of the…

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Taralga Railway

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 7 March 1911 · page 4

Mr. Littlejohn, the surveyor, has during the last four months been making an exhaustive survey of the route between Crookwell line and Taralga, via Roslyn, and is now within four…

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Railway Mishap

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 7 March 1911 · page 4

Albury, Saturday.—Another serious mishap occurred at the local railway station last night. The first division of the express had come in, and the engine was being reversed in the usual way, when…

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A Levelling Down for Railway Men

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 7 March 1911 · page 2

Moss Vale, Monday.—On Friday night, in the Centennial Hall, Mr. G. W. Fuller. M.H.R. addressed a meeting on the referenda. He said Mr. Fisher had absolutely failed to put forward…

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Railway League

The Burrowa News · Friday 10 March 1911 · page 6

A MEETING of the Barrowa Railway League was held in the Mechanics' Institute, on Monday evening last, 6th inst. Present: Mr. B. Morgan (Mayor)…

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Proposed Railway. Young to Forbes

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 11 March 1911 · page 2

From an advertisement which appears in this issue, it will be seen that the Mayor (Alderman Whiteman) has invited the citizens to bestir themselves with regard…

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Railwaymen's Move

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 11 March 1911 · page 2

The railway employees on the Italian State lines have begun an agitation with the object of obtaining from the Government an increase of pay. The agitation, however, has subsided since…

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Sir Charles Scotter. Great Railway Organiser

Crookwell Gazette · Tuesday 14 March 1911 · page 4

Sir Charles Scotter, who died on December 13 at his house in Kingston-on-Thames, aged seventy-five, was one of Britain's greatest railway experts, and…

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Railway Veterans. Notable Retirements

Crookwell Gazette · Tuesday 14 March 1911 · page 4

An event of special interest in the railway world is the simultaneous retirement of three heads of departments who have taken an active part in the…

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The/railway to Forbes. Young’s Apathy

The Burrangong Argus · Wednesday 15 March 1911 · page 2

PERHAPS no surprise should be occasioned by the fact that the public meeting convened by the Mayor for Monday night last to advocate that the…

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